§ TAG · DATA-FUNDAMENTALS
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- § 01 · DATA-FUNDAMENTALS
What Is Data, Really? — A Plain-Language Primer on Rules and Compliance
What does it actually mean to call something 'data,' and what turns raw recordings into a data asset? Wang Qinglan uses a toy storage room metaphor to walk through the foundational concept overseas readers often skip: data is not just 'records' — it's records made under rules. Master data, metadata, ontology, the three-tier compliance taxonomy (legal / ethical / promised), and the three-step compliance workflow (select / allocate / execute) — all anchored in a concrete example a non-specialist can follow.